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BLACKSHEAR, APRIL 1879.
The Bosh man After the Lion.
Capt. Aylward tells a droll story of
a rtcontre between a bushman and a
lion. The narrator was acquainted with
the man, and has no doubt, of the truth
of the story. The busbmau whiie a
long way from his home, was met by a
lion. The animal, assured that h€ had
his victim completely in his power, be¬
gan to sport and dally with him with
a feline jocosity which the poor
little bushman failed to appreciate.
The lion would appear at a point in the
road and leap back again into the jun¬
gle, to renjAjear a little further on. But
the bushmsA did not l *se his pretence
of mind, uni presently'hit upon a de¬
vice by which he might possibly suggested outwit
his toe. This plan waB by
the lion’s own conduct. Aware tbit the
brute was ahead of him, he dodged to
the right, and feeling pretty sure ol tlie
lion’s whereabouts, resorted to the
course of quietly watching his move
meats. When the lion discovered that
the man had suddenly disappeared perplexed. from
the path he was a good deal
He roared with mortification, wh<n he
espied the bushman peeping atihim
over the grass. The bushman atjotice
changed his position, whilo th« lion
wood irresolute in the path, foilwing
with his eye the shifting black ma:. In
another moment the little man rustled
the reeds, vanished, and showed &gain
at another point. The great brut was
;irst confused, and then alarmet. It
evidently began to dawn upon hia that
he had mistaken the position of natters,
and that he was the hunted party L The
bushman, who clearly reoogoiz<vi-tv bat
was passing in his enemy’s mini,, did
not pause to let the lion reorder his
startled wits. He began to sted gradu¬
ally toward the foe, who, now n a com¬
plete state of doubt and far, fairly
turned tail and decamped, laving bushman the
plucky and ingenious littb
master of the situation.— Chamber's
A Scribe’s Moralizigs.
A wise business man fifeth up his
store with goods, and says > the print¬
er, whoop’er up loud to iy country¬
men, and straightway he lusheth his
best clothes and polishet his boots
and says Let them come. He hath in¬
vited his friends to trade ith him and
the ring of silver ia hed from the
opening of the store at orn till the
close at night, aud ho ishappy. He
loveth all the world, for>e followeth
the scriptural injunction ad increaseth
the talents given in hissharge. He
fondleth his children audae small child
is allowed to pull his viskers ; yea,
verily, there is no nee of unseemly
words in regulating theitovepipes in
his home, for he hath edit with the
tinner.
His lesB-wiso neighbr sitteth him¬
self on the counter an knoc^eth his
boot heels together, i complaineth
that his trade is dull. 3e reaaeth an
almanac and findetli hi symptoms are
dyspeptic. He dreanth of poverty
and wrinkleth his fac prematurely.
He yelleth humbug at ft printer’s ink,
but trembleth, for he loweth that ac¬
cording to the law of t) land it adver
t'isefch his chattels for h creditors. He
saith harsh words irbis home and
kicketh about the chi/en and givetb
tnemno pennies. Thofore let us get
wisdom from tae wifbusiness man,
who advertiseth not efavagantly, but
judiciously, and enlaeth his means
and keepeth his heart. a state of hap¬
piness and contentmei —Camden Ad¬
vance.
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Snoodles wears a spiciously large
diamond pin, and the her day he was
pained and disgusted) have a friend
stop him on the stri and remark:
“ Hello, Snoodles, is at really you ?
I thought at first yc were a paper
hanger.” “ Why, ho«o?” asked the
unsuspicious Snoodles.* ’Cause you’ve
got so much paste < your shirt 1”
chuckled the heartle friend as he
walked on.
Popular Science.
Soaking timber in lime-water has been
recommended for preserving it from dry
rot and the effects of the weather.
Amber is found in the mines, rivors
and sea-coasts of Prussia. It is used in
varnish and for mouthpieces of pipes.
A machine for cutting stone of all
kinds rapidly, and capable of striking
six thousand blows per minute, has been
patented.
A series of experiments has established
the fact that chloroform neutralizes the
action of strychnine upon the human
system. chemist
A German says frozen cab,
bages or plants lose none of their nutri¬
tive qualities, because the frost trans
forms the starch in the vegetable into
sugar.
To tell a diamond from an artificial gem
look through the stone at the point of a
needle or a small hole in a card, aud if there
are two points or two holes the stone is
not a diamond.
The black sulphate of silver which
forms on plated and silver wares, may
be removed at once by wiping the sur -
face with a rag wet with aqua ammonia,
and without the trouble of rubbing.
In Breslau ,a successful attempt has
been made to erect a paper chimney
about fifty feet high. By a chemical
preparation the paper was rendered im¬
pervious to the aotion of fire or water.
Prof. Nichols, of Boston, found eight
grains of arsenic to each square foot of a
green dress submitted to his examina
tion. Here is the fact of poisons freely
used. Is there no remedy ?
A French engineer ha* contrived an
apparatus in which, by a system of mir
rors, the rays of the sun are so utilized
as to generate steam for motive power,
thus doing away with the necessity of
fuel.
The estimated cost of the proposed
inter-oceanic canal across the American
isthmus, Nicaragua route, is $63,000,
000 ; but it is considered wise to regard
the actual cost, including the interest
on dormant capital, at double that snm,
A Big Pig Story.
After the following testimony, suppli¬
ed by a Western paper, as to the fasting
capaoity of a hog, there is no excuse for
that animal ever making a liog of itself.
Some forty years ago Hemy and Brad¬
bury Cilley fed a largo lot of hogs at
Colerain, on the Great Miami. About
New Year’s they removed their hogs
from the field next the river in which
they had been fattened, and drove them
to market. On counting them out one
was missing, which, after diligent but
fruitless search, was given up as lost, or
dead. About the middle of April after¬
ward they sent a hired man to chop a
large sycamore tree, hollow some twenty
feet or more in the butt end, and which
had been lying down all winter, to enable
them to get it off the ground preparatory
to plowing in the spring. On chopping
into the tree near the extremity of
the hollow the axe struck what appeared
to be hog hair and flesh. A large chip
was then chopped aud split out on eich
side and a live hog was taken out, which
proved to be the one missed two and a
half months before. When taken out
the hog was so emaciated he could not
stand, but after being carefully cared for
a few days, was got to the barnyard,
and afterward resuscitated, fattened
again the following winter, and driven
to market and sold. The Messrs. Cilley’s
theory of the case was that daring the
sudden change in the weather, a few
days before removing their hogs from
the field, several of them had crowded
into the hollow tree for shelter, and the
crowded first one to in enter that he had been unable so closely to
was get
back.
When a rich miser tells you he cat.
give you any money, bat that he will
carry you in his heart, it is safe to con¬
clude that you will soon be in a very
tight place.
NO. 7.
ITEMS OP INTEREST.
A biting wind-r-A gnaw easier.
The plow is said to be the oldest land¬
mark.
A soft hand, sir, smooths away
wrath.
1 be man who was in ** high feather ”
has not down.
They say that fat is not condnoive to
long life—in a pig.
Nothing will make a man’s mouth
water like a box of shoe blaoking.
A good motto for a young man jnst
starting a mnstache—Down in front.
Will it whet your appetite to drink a
glass of watef before you eat your meal]?
In Indiana farmers are hiring hands
for the year at from $12 to $18 nor
month. |
The average yield of wheat per sore
in Belgium is nearly twenty-eight
bushels.
Balloonist John Wise writes that the
north pole ship. can never be reached save in
an air
Eighteen hundred girls nnder twenty
years of age were married in New York
city last year.
The leaves of the coffee-plant will
make nearly as good ooffee as will the
berries. The flavor is more delieate.
What is the difference between a fiery
individual and a slice of bacon ? One
is a rash man, and the other is a raahor.
The difference between Turner's
famous picture and eutting 'your chin
it, one is a slave ship and the other a
shave slip.
It is certainly a very curious fact, if
true, as is stated, that the human hair
grows twice as fast in Europe as on this
continent.
If you are determined to succeed, yon
must also be determined to work. Re¬
member it is the longest pole that knocks
the highest persimmons.
Reports Nebraska, from Minnesota, W»roonsin,
Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Michi¬
gan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Mis¬
souri show that the yield of winter
wheat for the year will, it is thought,
be about 30,000,006 bushels, against
27,092,000 bushels last year.
Harper'8 “ Draper ” tells of a little
three-year-old whose mother was mix¬
ing a simple cough remedy for him. He
watched the process, and asked if it was
“good.” He was permitted to taste,
and exclaimed, “It's awfnl good, mam¬
ma. Let’s keep it all for papa.”
A philosopher says that women do
not like to remember, remarks the
Rockland Courier. He is wrong. They
take exquisite delight in remembering
where their husbands leave their slip¬
pers, and in taunting the poor creatures
as they go rooting under the bed after
the truant feet-coverings.
In the spring a million sunbeams steal fro
out the eastern eky,
In the spring we bear the buzzing of the fes¬
tive April fly;
In the spriDg tho village damsel decks herself
with violets bine,
In the spring the landlord hastens to oollect
the rent that’s due;
In the spring the sparrow's chirping floats
across the meadow land,
In the spring the lovesick couple at the front
gate take their stand;
In the spring the young man’s ulster on the
porch is hung to dry,
In the spring the lazy bullock oc the hilltop
stops to sigh;
In the spring the gentle cockroach dances
’ronnd the kitchen floor,
In the spring the little children jump upon
your cellar door;
In the spring the gay mosquito from New Jer¬
sey seems to float,
In the spring the little urchin goes out sailing
in a boat—
And never comes back.
—JVeuj York’Express.